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DOG MOM
presented by
DOG MOM
by Tate Elizabeth Hanyok
Direction by Rick St. Peter
Produced by Cadence
Liz is fresh off a divorce and on a mission to reclaim her life. She may be lost but she knows one thing-- Liz is NOT a dog person. But when a scruffy stray pooch shows up on her stoop—Liz is thrust into a new kind of identity crisis: accidental Dog Mom. She's soon swirling with unsolicited advice from strangers, dog park people, and the overwhelming feeling that she’s doing it all wrong. In this story of unexpected friendship-- walk by walk, Liz begins to open up to a new kind of love and finds that the most surprising part of being a Dog Mom… is just how much she needed it. A NNPN Rolling World Premiere Comedy!
DOG MOM is produced at Cadence as part of a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere. Other Partner Theaters are B Street Theatre (Sacramento, California), Oregon Contemporary Theatre (Eugene, Oregon), Florida Studio Theatre (Sarasota, Florida), and EnActe Arts (Sunnyvale, California). For more information, please visit nnpn.org
Consider joining us for some special post-show fun!
Playwright Tate Elizabeth Hanyok will join the cast and creative team on September 27th after the 2 pm matinee for a special talkback event you don’t want to miss!
Cadence has also partnered with Richmond Animal Care and Control (RACC) and the Richmond SPCA (SPCA) to host post-show meet and greet and adoption events immediately following the 2 pm matinees on the following dates:
October 3rd (RACC)
October 10th (RACC)
October 4th (SPCA)
October 11th (SPCA)
September 25 - October 10
Celebrating 15 Years
presented by
RADAR DANCE COMPANY
Celebrating 15 Years
RADAR is a modern dance company located in Richmond, Virginia. The company has been dancing together since 2006, when they were known as Z Mullins Dance Company. In the summer of 2011, they came under new direction and decided to continue creating and performing work collaboratively as RADAR. Currently under the artistic direction of Laura Gorsuch and Kara Pendergraph, the company is comprised of professional dancers and educators who have been able to transfer their love and appreciation of dance and movement into fulfilling and successful careers. Throughout RADAR's history, company members have worked all over the city in dance studios, private schools, community colleges, universities, physical therapy centers and numerous community art programs.
Friday, December 11 at 7:30p
Saturday, December 12 at 2pm
Sunday, December 13 at 7:30pm
PAGE TO STAGE 2026
presented by
Starr Foster Dance is excited to be presenting PAGE TO STAGE IV December 3rd - 6th 2026 for five performances at Firehouse Theatre.
PSSST…THERE WILL BE A SNEAK PREVIEW OF THE WORKS AT OUR SEASON PREVIEW EVENT OCTOBER 17th!
Participating writers are selected through an application process, and we have selected 9 AMAZING writers for our fourth year presenting PAGE TO STAGE.
SELECTED WRITERS PAGE TO STAGE IV
To learn about the participating writers, please click on their name. We honor one young writer for this project, and we are excited to announce that Eleanor Williamson is this years recipient.PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
Thursday December 3rd 7:30PM Opening Night! - Post show Q&A with the artists
Friday December 4th 7:30PM - Champagne Toast with the artists post show
Saturday December 5th 3PM -YOUNG DANCERS INVITE TO VIEW COMPANY WARM UP & MEET THE ARTISTS
Saturday December 5th 6PM - Post show Q&A with the artists
Sunday December 6th 3PM – Closing Night!
This project is supported in part by the Virginia Commission for the Arts
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